Can anyone suggest different ways of setting up a parachute as a group shelter? I want to set one up but can only come up with a teepee type set up.
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We usually just chuck a rope over a branch and haul it up, pegging it at a height depending on the weather, a steeper angle for heavy rain or snow ..
Rik_UK3 does some clever stuff with one, pitching it more like a low yurt with side walls, not sure how it's supported though.
Rik_UK3 does some clever stuff with one, pitching it more like a low yurt with side walls, not sure how it's supported though.
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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It does look the biz, just checked out ebay and there's one buy now £55 free postage, no affiliation, just checking things out 
I had a scan round that one last time out and it's holding up well. Couple of pinhole burns but given that it's been up maybe a dozen and a half times and always had a fire under it.....
They're big. It's a long way from the fire to the material so sparks have some time to die.
...and we only really put it up if the weather's iffy so quite often it's not entirely dry.
I liked it on this trip.
...so much that I didn't bother setting up a bivi and just crashed by the fire. Cosy.
They're big. It's a long way from the fire to the material so sparks have some time to die.
...and we only really put it up if the weather's iffy so quite often it's not entirely dry.
I liked it on this trip.
...so much that I didn't bother setting up a bivi and just crashed by the fire. Cosy.
What a blooming good idea Steve.... A total "no brainer" but i've never pitched my chute like that "DUH!!".... It's pure simplicity
You're not the first person to say that Dave. However I can't take credit for the idea.
I first saw it in action at Swynn's and thought that seemed the most practical and easy way to do it
Depends on the size. My one that I used to have was about 20ft across and weighed about 15-20lb max with the perimeter and suspension ropes included.
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We use a pole or just hang it. Sides are pulled out with clingon clips http://www.clingons.co.uk/ Now have a bigger top tarp.
The 32' one is 7½kg and packs to about 45l.
We tote 3kg of steel pegs along as well. We're always on a beach so serious pegs are required with it being so exposed.
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I've got a few somewhere of the setup we use for our 40-fter. I made a system of poles and guylines so we could erect it in the middle of a field or similar:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/originaloutdoors/8593416210/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/originaloutdoors/8593416210/in/photostream
Ah, knew I had uploaded them to somewhere:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151095527252451.456745.121235232450&type=1&l=31011e35c8
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151095527252451.456745.121235232450&type=1&l=31011e35c8
Anyone know if you can get fire-proofing spray / liquid to put on a parachute, or if somewhere sells 'fireproofed' ones?
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To be honest I've had a few GOOD fires in mine and apart from the odd spark hole I don't think they'll go up in flames..
The apex can also be on a karabiner clipped on a rope slung high and tight between two trees quite far apart, so you don't have to be directly under a branch. You need the dark art of the "Mears Wood Missile" to get the rope high and tight, however.
